"It is a kind of self-projection of our sins when we insist on other people becoming good. In reality, we wish to become good, but because we are unable to, we demand it of others and insist on this."

-- Porphyrios (Bairaktaris) of Kafsokalivia

#Reality Quotes #Self Quotes #People Quotes

“In success there's a tendency to keep on doing what you were doing.”
“The exhaustion of the passions is the beginning of wisdom.”

Source : James Hilton (2016). “LOST HORIZON - The Legend of Shangri-La: Adventure Classic”, p.131, e-artnow
“There are no women in these ground combat jobs.Women, of course, have been flying combat missions in fighter jets, attack helicopters, for more than 20 years, but beginning this week, those ground combat jobs in infantry, artillery and armor will be open to women. Officials don't expect a rush of women interested.”
“I think more about clicking the teeth, because I have to line them up just exactly right, and then I slam them down so they exactly meet. And I think I worry about that too much. I'm not thinking about remembering. Like, "Wow, that was a great moment went my son went trick-or-treating": click. "What was I supposed to remember?" That sort of thing.”
“One thing I've discovered is that if you remain in contact with people, if you build longitudinal relationships, if you invest in sources who seem at first like they're uncomfortable or unwilling to talk, if you keep in touch with them, a year later that might yield something much more powerful.”
“There are some people you like immediately, some whom you think you might learn to like in the fullness of time, and some that you simply want to push away from you with a sharp stick.”

Source : Douglas Adams (2014). “The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul”, p.112, Simon and Schuster
“Apartheid does not happen spontaneously, like bad weather conditions.”
“There's this creative thing in me that wants to have my work used - like the author of a book who wants it read.”

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